| UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos | ||||
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 The poster for UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos | ||||
| Promotion | Ultimate Fighting Championship | |||
| Date | November 5, 2022 (2022-11-05) | |||
| Venue | UFC Apex | |||
| City | Enterprise, Nevada, United States | |||
| Attendance | Not announced[1] | |||
| Event chronology | ||||
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UFC Fight Night: Rodriguez vs. Lemos (also known asUFC Fight Night 214, UFC on ESPN+ 72 andUFC Vegas 64) was amixed martial arts event produced by theUltimate Fighting Championship that took place on November 5, 2022 at theUFC Apex facility inEnterprise, Nevada, part of theLas Vegas Metropolitan Area, United States.[2]
A featherweight bout betweenBryce Mitchell andMovsar Evloev was expected to headline the event.[3] However, Evloev withdrew in mid October due to injury and the bout was scrapped.[4]
A women's strawweight bout betweenMarina Rodriguez andAmanda Lemos was originally expected to take place atUFC 280, but was postponed to this event for unknown reasons.[5] After the original main event was cancelled, they were promoted to the headliner spot.[6]
A women's flyweight bout betweenMiranda Maverick andShanna Young took place at this event.[7] The pair was previously scheduled forUFC 278, but the bout was cancelled on the day of the weigh-ins as Young was hospitalized due to weight cut issues.[8]
Neil Magny andDaniel Rodriguez were scheduled to meet in a welterweight bout atUFC Fight Night: Grasso vs. Araújo in October 15, but Rodriguez withdrew due to an elbow infection.[9] They were then rescheduled for this event.[10]
Jailton Almeida andMaxim Grishin were previously scheduled to meet in a light heavyweight bout atUFC Fight Night: Holm vs. Vieira, but the latter pulled out due to undisclosed reasons back then.[11] They were rebooked for this event in a catchweight of 220 pounds, after Almeida was in need of a new opponent asShamil Abdurakhimov pulled out due to undisclosed reasons of their heavyweight bout atUFC 280.[12] The bout was reportedly scrapped from this card on fight week due to undisclosed reasons.[13]
At the weigh-ins, a record-tying four fighters missed weight:
All four bouts proceeded at catchweight. Dawson was fined 30% of his purse while Lopez, Candelario, and Pascual were fined 20% of their individual purses which went to their opponentsMark Madsen,Mario Bautista, Jake Hadley, and Tamires Vidal, respectively.[14]
Josh Parisian was expected to faceChase Sherman in a heavyweight bout.[15] However, he pulled out of the fight hours before it was scheduled to take place due to medical issues.[16]
| Main card (ESPN+) | |||||||
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| Weight class | Method | Round | Time | Notes | |||
| Women's Strawweight | Amanda Lemos | def. | Marina Rodriguez | TKO (punches) | 3 | 0:54 | |
| Welterweight | Neil Magny | def. | Daniel Rodriguez | Submission (D'Arce choke) | 3 | 3:33 | |
| Featherweight | Shayilan Nuerdanbieke | def. | Darrick Minner | TKO (elbows) | 1 | 1:07 | |
| Flyweight | Tagir Ulanbekov | def. | Nate Maness | Submission (guillotine choke) | 1 | 2:11 | |
| Catchweight (157.5 lb) | Grant Dawson | def. | Mark Madsen | Submission (rear-naked choke) | 3 | 2:05 | |
| Preliminary card (ESPN+) | |||||||
| Women's Flyweight | Miranda Maverick | def. | Shanna Young | Decision (unanimous) (30–26, 30–26, 30–26) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (138.5 lb) | Mario Bautista | def. | Benito Lopez | Submission (reverse triangle armbar) | 1 | 4:54 | |
| Women's Strawweight | Polyana Viana | def. | Jinh Yu Frey | KO (punches) | 1 | 0:47 | |
| Bantamweight | Johnny Muñoz Jr. | def. | Liudvik Sholinian | Decision (unanimous) (30–27, 30–27, 29–28) | 3 | 5:00 | |
| Catchweight (128.5 lb) | Jake Hadley | def. | Carlos Candelario | Submission (triangle choke) | 2 | 2:39 | |
| Catchweight (137 lb) | Tamires Vidal | def. | Ramona Pascual | TKO (flying knee to the body) | 1 | 3:06 | |
The following fighters received $50,000 bonuses.[18]
Just before the event took place, the UFC was informed by sources that suspicious betting patterns had been observed for the fight betweenDarrick Minner andShayilan Nuerdanbieke. Hours before the fight, Nuerdanbieke's odds to win moved significantly in his favor, thus causing theNevada State Athletic Commission to open an investigation.[19] Suspicion arose when Minner, coached by UFC veteranJames Krause, threw a kick and showed signs of injury to his leg, kicking with that same leg once more before being finished by technical knockout seconds later. This caused many to speculate that Minner knowingly fought with an injury and purposely lost the fight, and that Krause, who had been very open about betting on fights, placed a bet on Nuerdanbieke. On November 18, the Nevada State Athletic Commission informed the UFC and Krause that Krause’s license was suspended and would remain so during the course of the investigation. The UFC also announced that any fighter who chose to continue to be coached by Krause or who continued to train in his gym would be banned from participating in future UFC events until the investigation concludes.[20]
